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Japan's global influence has waned in recent years. Showing that renewables can decouple emissions from economic success could help the country find its niche and spark a race to power the Earth.
With a booming hip hop culture, Paris is the best place to introduce break dancing to the Olympic games.
Why do big events that showcase elite sport fail to motivate people to get active?
The Commonwealth Games do not get the same level of media coverage as the Olympics. But a one-time Commonwealth gold medallist says the Games are still an important athletic competition.
Preparations for next month’s Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast are pushing homeless people out of town, and out of the state. Sadly, that's not unusual for events of this sort.
It would seem obvious athletes are the most important part of the Olympics. But competing issues, from sponsorship rules to politics, means the rights of athletes aren't always the top priority.
As the Olympics get underway, what would the man who founded the modern Olympic movement think? Pierre de Coubertin's vision of the Olympics as a tool of peace and faith in youth still resonates.
The Olympics have been plagued by doping, corruption and political problems. But academic and former Olympian Bruce Kidd says the Olympic Games are still an important humanitarian movement.
Sporting extravaganzas are a way for globalising cities in emerging market economies to try and play the "modernity game". But they don't make the rules, and so they can never "win".
Sport participation in South Africa remains rooted in the dilemmas of colonial society. It necessitates an ongoing need for discourse, debate and dialogue on decolonisation in sport history.
The benefits of hosting the Olympics are so slim, or nonexistent, that fewer cities are bidding to host the games. That's a sign of serious trouble.
Investing in staging sport is ultimately a matter of turning the entire host environment into a stage.
Some Olympic venues have become withered husks – but it's not all bad news.
Three researchers examine the big challenges of urban development: from city leadership to lock-ins.
The Paralympic Games started off as a way to motivate and rehabilitate returned servicemen and women after the second world war, and has evolved tremendously since then.
The lasting effects of Olympic Games are measured in more than just concrete stadiums.
The Olympics are an opportunity for eSport to drive a new social movement.
A candid assessment of the impact of the games, from an academic on the ground.
Corporations benefit from using public spaces during the Olympic Games – but Rio made sure local businesses also got a slice of the pie.
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Professor of Sports Law, Manchester Metropolitan University
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Chair in Science Communication & Future Media, University of Salford
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John Rennie Short is a Friend of The Conversation.
Professor, School of Public Policy, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
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Lecturer, Department for Health, Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Bath
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Professor of Sport Management, Sheffield Hallam University
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Lecturer in the Sociology of Sport, Abertay University
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Senior Lecturer in Management, Coventry University
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Assistant Professor, School of Media, Ryerson University
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Professor of Social Inclusion - UTS Business School - Centres for Business and Social innovation, and Business Intelligence and Data Analytics, University of Technology Sydney
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Dean, College of Sport and Exercise Science and Institute of Sport, Exercise, Active Living, Victoria University
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J.W. Nevile Fellow in Economics and host of The Airport Economist, UNSW
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Associate professor, The University of Queensland
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Professor of Physical Education & Recreation Studies, Mount Royal University
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Emeritus Professor of Cultural Research, Institute for Culture and Society, Western Sydney University
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Professor of Global Urban Politics and Director, Connected Cities Lab, University of Melbourne
